Former tennis great Becker once boasted a $50 million fortune - now he has "literally nothing," his lawyer told the court
GERMAN tennis great Boris Becker was served a two-and-a-half-year prison term in London for hiding hundreds of thousands in property after declaring bankruptcy in 2017!
His lawyer Jonathan Laidlaw begged the court for leniency, claiming the six-time Grand Slam champion — who once boasted a $50 million fortune "has literally nothing and there is also nothing to show for the most glittering of sporting careers."
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